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Melissa Leo is a Actor American born on 14 september 1960 at New York City (USA)

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo
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Birth name Melissa Chessington Leo
Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1960 (63 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Primetime Emmy Award

Melissa Chessington Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. After appearing on several television shows and films in the 1980s, her breakthrough role came in 1993 as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street for the show's first five seasons (1993–97). She had also previously been a regular on the television shows All My Children and The Young Riders.

Leo received critical acclaim for her performance as Ray Eddy in the film Frozen River (2008), earning several nominations and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2010, Leo won several awards for her performance as Alice Eklund-Ward in the film The Fighter, including the Golden Globe, SAG, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1985 she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance on All My Children. In 2013 she won the Emmy Award for her guest-role on the television series Louie. She recently starred in the 2015 ABC event series Wayward Pines as Nurse Pam.

Biography

Leo was born in Manhattan, New York City, and spent her early life on the Lower East Side. She is the daughter of Peggy (née Chessington), a California-born teacher, and Arnold Leo III, an editor at Grove Press, fisherman, and former spokesman for the East Hampton Baymen's Association. She has one brother, Erik Leo. Her parents divorced, and her mother moved them to Red Clover Commune, in Putney, Vermont. Her maternal grandparents were Frances (née Stone 1917-2008) and James Chessington, a colonel in the United States Air Force. Her paternal grandparents were Elinore (née Wellington 1914-2008) and Arnold Leo II. Her uncle was journalist Roger Leo (1947-2011), and her aunt is art historian Christine Leo Roussel. Leo began performing as a child with the Bread and Puppet Theater Company. She attended Bellow Falls High School in Vermont, and studied acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, and SUNY Purchase, but did not graduate, choosing to leave school and move to New York City to begin auditioning for acting jobs. Leo spent summers at her father's house in Springs, a section of East Hampton, N.Y. She now lives in Stone Ridge, New York. She has a son with actor and former boyfriend John Heard named John "Jack" Matthew Heard (born 1987) and years later adopted Adam (born 1984).

Best films

Oblivion
Oblivion
(2013)
(Actress) The Equalizer
The Equalizer
(2014)
(Actress) The Equalizer 2
The Equalizer 2
(2018)
(Actress) Flight
Flight
(2012)
(Actress) The Big Short
The Big Short
(2015)
(Actress) Prisoners
Prisoners
(2013)
(Actress)

Usually with

Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom
(3 films)
Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua
(3 films)
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
(3 films)
David Dobkin
David Dobkin
(2 films)
Travis Fine
Travis Fine
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Melissa Leo (62 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2018The Equalizer 2ActressSusan Plummer
2017NovitiateActressReverend Mother
2017The Most Hated Woman in AmericaActressMadalyn Murray O'Hair
2016London Has FallenActressSecretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2016SnowdenActressLaura Poitras
2016All the WayActressLady Bird Johnson
2015The Big ShortActressGeorgia Hale
2014The Angriest Man in BrooklynActressBette Altmann
2014The JudgeActress
2014The EqualizerActressSusan Plummer
2013A Single ShotActressFlorence
2013The ButlerActressFirst Lady Mamie Eisenhower
2013Olympus Has FallenActressSecretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
2013Charlie CountrymanActressKate
2013OblivionActressSally
2013PrisonersActressHolly Jones
2013Call Me Crazy: A Five FilmActressRobin
2012FlightActressEllen Block
2012Why Stop Now?ActressPenny
2012Brooklyn Brothers Beat the BestActressSarah
2011Red StateActressSara
2011The Space BetweenActressMontine
2011Seven Days in UtopiaActressLily
2011Mildred Pierce (TV series)ActressLucy Gessler
2010The FighterActressAlice Ward
2010Welcome to the RileysActressLois Riley
2010ConvictionActressNancy Taylor
2010The Dry LandActressMartha
2009Everybody's FineActressColleen
2009According to GretaActressKaren
2009Veronika Decides to DieActressMari
2009Dear Lemon LimaActressMrs. Howard
2009Don McKayActressMarie
2009Stephanie's ImageActressStephanie
2009True AdolescentsActressSharon Mitchell
2008Righteous KillActressCheryl
2008The Alphabet KillerActressKathy Walsh
2008Ball Don't LieActressGeorgia
2008Frozen RiverActressRay Eddy
2007Hollywood DreamsActressAunt Bee
2007Black IrishActressMargaret McKay
2007The Cake EatersActressCeci Kimbrough
2007Mr. WoodcockActressSally Jansen
2006The House Is BurningActressMrs. Miller
2006Stephanie DaleyActressMiri Daley
2005American GunActressLouise
2005ConfessActressAgnes Lessor
2005Hide and SeekActressLaura
2005The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaActressRachel
2005RunawayActressLisa Adler
2004From Other WorldsActressMiriam
200321 GramsActressMarianne Jordan
1999The 24 Hour WomanActressDr. Suzanne Pincus
1995Last Summer in the HamptonsActressTrish Axelrod
1993The Ballad of Little JoActressBeatrice Grey
1992Venice/VeniceActressPeggy
1992Immaculate ConceptionActressHannah
1991Carolina SkeletonsActressCassie
1989Nasty BoysActressKatie Morrissey
1988A Time of DestinyActressJosie Larraneta
1986Deadtime StoriesActressJudith 'MaMa' Baer
1985Silent WitnessActressPatti Mullen